A snowy egret is seen in the dune grass at Parson’s Beach, Kennebunk, on April 4.
2015
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Is Biddeford City Council a ‘men-only’ club?
My name is Debi Davis and I was a candidate for Biddeford as State Representative in District 11. The Mayor has appointed another man to the city council, Mr. Stephen St. Cyr. Congratulations to Mr. St. Cyr, I hope he will serve us well. However, I think the Mayor missed an opportunity here. After all, […]
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A message of change, delivered deadpan
WASHINGTON — Change? For sure. Hope? Maybe not so much. That’s Rand Paul’s approach to winning the White House when the original hope-and-change candidate, Barack Obama, vacates it in early 2017. Ready to enter the chase for the Republican presidential nomination today, the first-term Kentucky senator has designs on changing how members of his party […]
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Grant to benefit Sanford Youth Council
SANFORD — Strategies for a Stronger Sanford announces that it has been awarded a $5,500 one-year grant from United Way of York County. This investment will support the Strategies for a Stronger Sanford Youth Council. The Youth Council was founded in 2007 by a group of Sanford teenagers to fill a gap in leadership and […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Imelda Dewire
SANFORD — Imelda M. Dewire, 100, a lifelong resident of Sanford, slipped away effortlessly at her home on Easter Sunday, so befitting a woman who was a warrior for Christ all her life. She was surrounded by her two daughters. She was born in Springvale on May 4, 1914, a daughter of the late Arthur […]
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Responding to editorial
What Mr. Dunlap did not write in his editorial supporting organ donation is the fact that an organ from a dead person is useless. The transplantable organ must come from a living human. This is why the term “brain death” was invented. Removing the organ from a living human kills the donor. No one has […]
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No. 1 Red Claws face Fort Wayne in first round
NEW YORK (AP) — Top-seeded Maine will open the NBA Development League playoffs Tuesday against defending champion Fort Wayne. The Red Claws will travel to Indiana for Game 1 because the lower-seeded team hosts the opener of the best-of-three series. Games 2 and 3, if necessary, would be in Portland, where Maine was a league-best […]
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Newspaper delivery grievance discussed
SACO — Newspaper officials have urged those with concerns regarding newspaper delivery to keep the lines of communication open. A discussion was held Monday night at a city council workshop regarding a complaint from a resident that local weekly newspapers delivered in the city that were abandoned and unread were not being picked up by […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments David Wedick, of South Portland, has been named chief financial officer of Coastal Enterprises Inc., a community development corporation that supports rural business throughout Maine. Wedick previously served as director of strategic operations for MicroVest Capital Management. He hold a master’s degree in economics and mathematics from the University of […]
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Sheila M. Ridge, 79
PORTLAND — Sheila M. (Connors) Ridge, 79, of Portland, died April 1 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born May 12, 1935, in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. She met her husband, Raymond, in Ireland while he was on a family trip, and together they shared 29 years of marriage. She came to […]